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Texas Compound

By: Wes Brent

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The penal system’s escalating growth is costing more and more money to support as time goes by. This book is both fact and fiction that will ease the dollar support and return the convict back into a competitive member of society. With an approximately two billion dollar budget in 1997 to keep incarcerated one hundred forty thousand inmates with a capacity of one hundred forty seven thousand beds, it is apparent that new facilities need to be provided. The cost and growth goes on. Let’s return these convicts to society better suited to fit in for less money. A system must be provided to let the inmate step back into society equal to his non-incarcerated peers. The fiction and facts between these two covers may be a way to achieve that goal.

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iUniverse

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0595166105

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9780595166107

THE FARM "Terror, Truth and Consequence"

By: Wes Ryder

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THE FARM "Terror, Truth and Consequence"

By: Wes Ryder

Jody Fitzpatrick returns home to the family farm, her mother had passed away and she has come to arrange the funeral and sell the farm. Jody left when she was eight years old, when the rains came and her father died. Now she will come to understand how he died and who killed her parents. Jody comes to understand the history and mystery surrounding the farm and the identity of the creature that haunts it. Escaping with her life she finds solitude in the arms of Oliver Braithwaite, a local deputy and childhood friend. Together they set out to find the identity to the creature and together they find more than they bargained for. There will be mystery, intrigue, death and a revelation so bewildering that no one can believe it. In the end there will be only one name that will remain in the minds of those who know this story, and his name is Thomas.

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Lulu.com

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1847531342

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9781847531346

Invasion

By: Wes Henson

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Invasion

By: Wes Henson

Beth Summers is a reporter for The Jasper Messenger, and she has just uncovered the biggest story since the creation of mankind: that aliens exist and they’re on Earth. The aliens are here to conquer the planet and enslave mankind for their own twisted purpose. They are abducting humans, and the city of Jasper is infested with four-feet-tall, grey, skinny aliens, and ones who were cloned to look like humans. On the outskirts of Jasper is Ruffs Dog Food factory, but instead of making “Chunks and Gravy” dog food, the aliens in the city hidden beneath the factory, are making a new recipe, “Humans and Gravy.” Before Beth can alert the world to the invaders’ twisted purpose, she is framed for murder by them. Now, Beth and her boyfriend must go deep into the hidden city, capture an alien, and prove to the world that aliens do exist.

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Simon and Schuster

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1682992195

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9781682992197

Empire Baptized

How the Church Embraced What Jesus Rejected 2nd - 5th Centuries

By: Howard-Brook, Wes

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Empire Baptized

How the Church Embraced What Jesus Rejected 2nd - 5th Centuries

By: Howard-Brook, Wes

Through a study of the early church, this book shows how Christianity in effect opted for the religion of empire, shifting the emphasis of Jesus's prophetic message from transforming the world to the aim of saving one's soul.

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Orbis Books

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1608336581

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9781608336586

Multidimensional Item Response Theory

By: Wes Bonifay

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Multidimensional Item Response Theory

By: Wes Bonifay

Several decades of psychometric research have led to the development of sophisticated models for multidimensional test data, and in recent years, multidimensional item response theory (MIRT) has become a burgeoning topic in psychological and educational measurement. Considered a cutting-edge statistical technique, the methodology underlying MIRT can be complex, and therefore doesn’t receive much attention in introductory IRT courses. However author Wes Bonifay shows how MIRT can be understood and applied by anyone with a firm grounding in unidimensional IRT modeling. His volume includes practical examples and illustrations, along with numerous figures and diagrams. Multidimensional Item Response Theory includes snippets of R code interspersed throughout the text (with the complete R code included on an accompanying website) to guide readers in exploring MIRT models, estimating the model parameters, generating plots, and implementing the various procedures and applications discussed throughout the book.

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SAGE Publications

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1506384242

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9781506384245

Marielo: A Foreign Service Life in Diary and Letters

By: M. Wesley “Wes” Shoemaker

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Marielo: A Foreign Service Life in Diary and Letters

By: M. Wesley “Wes” Shoemaker

About the Book In assembling and organizing his wife Mary’s letters and diary, M. Wesley “Wes” Shoemaker’s constant goal has been to allow the documents to speak through her voice without intruding himself unnecessarily into the narrative. Yet it cannot be denied that he is the Wes who appears throughout, and that, in addition to the main theme of Mary’s life and Foreign Service Career, it is also a story of a marriage lasting over fifty-one years, in spite of the fact that fifteen of those years, their separate career patterns kept them separated for eight months each year. Containing a total of 191 letters (116 of which are to Wes), Marielo: A Foreign Service Life in Diary and Letters chronicles Mary’s incredible life as a Foreign Service Officer through the slowly dying medium of letter writing, which provided a lifeline that held their marriage together over the years and further explains how their long-distance relationship survived over the years of separation. About the Author M. Wesley “Wes” Shoemaker was a Foreign Service Officer and has been posted at locations all over the world. He later resigned from this role to enter a doctoral program in Russian history at Syracuse University and went on to teach at Lynchburg College.

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Dorrance Publishing

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ISBN 13

9798886839883

The Right Time

John Henry "Pop" Lloyd and Black Baseball

By: Wes Singletary

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The Right Time

John Henry "Pop" Lloyd and Black Baseball

By: Wes Singletary

Although he never played a day in the white major leagues, John Henry "Pop" Lloyd was one of the greatest baseball players who ever lived. A shortstop who could take over a game with his glove or his bat, Lloyd dominated early black baseball, drawing comparisons to the most celebrated National Leaguer of his day, Honus Wagner, who declared it a privilege to be mentioned with Lloyd. Beginning his career years before the first Negro National League was established, Lloyd played for a dizzying number of teams, following the money, as he'd put it, throughout the country and sometimes past its borders, doing several stints in Cuba. He was seemingly ageless, winning two batting titles in his 40s and playing at the highest levels of blackball until he was 48. (He would continue to coach and play semi-pro baseball for another ten years.) Admired by teammates and opponents alike for his generosity and quiet strength, Lloyd was also one of the most beloved figures in white or black baseball.

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McFarland

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0786484667

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9780786484669

Killed by a Traffic Engineer

Shattering the Delusion That Science Underlies Our Transportation System

By: Wes Marshall

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Killed by a Traffic Engineer

Shattering the Delusion That Science Underlies Our Transportation System

By: Wes Marshall

Fixing the carnage on our roadways requires a change in mindset and a dramatic transformation of transportation. This goes for traffic engineers in particular because they are still the ones in charge of our streets. In Killed by a Traffic Engineer, civil engineering professor Wes Marshall shines a spotlight on how little science there is behind the way that our streets are engineered, which leaves safety as an afterthought. While traffic engineers are not trying to cause deliberate harm to anyone, he explains, they are guilty of creating a transportation system whose designs remain largely based on plausible, but unproven, conjecture. Killed by a Traffic Engineer is ultimately hopeful about what is possible once we shift our thinking and demand streets engineered for the safety of people, both outside and inside of cars. It will make you look at your city and streets--and traffic engineers--in a new light and inspire you to take action.

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Island Press

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1642833304

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9781642833300

"Come Out My People!"

God's Call Out of Empire in the Bible and Beyond

By: Wes Howard-Brook

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"Come Out My People!"

God's Call Out of Empire in the Bible and Beyond

By: Wes Howard-Brook

A compelling view of two competing religious visions---one of "creation" and the other of "empire"---that run throughout the Bible. "A remarkable offering for those who care about the interface of power and faith with all the threats and seductions that go with it. . . As I read, I felt overwhelmed, both by the mass of data and by the cunning of interpretation. I could not put it down, and expect to continue to be instructed by it.---Walter Brueggemann "Howard-Brook undertakes what few dare anymore: an introductory primer for the whole Bible...This book invites disciples to `connect the dots', in order to recover our ancient, anti-imperial identity, and to embrace a radical faith and practice that are personal and politica."---Ched Myers "Howard-Brook illuminates how ancient empires exercised control and manipulation of people not simply by political and military means, but also through the religion of empire. Throughout he makes clear that the core message of the God of creation is to call people out of empire, to refuse to cooperate with the forces of destruction and domination today."---Richard Horsley "Will become a classic for communities that seek first to receive the gracious gift of God's alternative future to Empire."---Jarrod McKenna "If we who sojourn in America are to be a community that can both name and resist the lure of Empire, we need a story more powerful than the story called America. Wes Howard-Brook knows than the Bible tells such a story. May its story be ours as we're set free from our imperial imaginations to dream with our Creator of a new world here and now."---Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

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Orbis Books

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1608331547

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9781608331543

Populism and the Capra Legacy

By: Wes D. Gehring

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Populism and the Capra Legacy

By: Wes D. Gehring

Traditionally identified with screwball comedies, Frank Capra has seldom been considered a conduit for populist concerns and issues. In this book, Gehring examines the influence of both Will Rogers and Frank Capra on modern populist movies, providing important background on Capra's links to the crackerbarrel personality of Rogers. He follows this theme forward, examining the populist roots in such films as The Electric Horseman, Field of Dreams, Dave, Grand Canyon, and others. A final chapter is a close-up of the contemporary, Capra-like director, Ron Howard. The inclusion of a bibliography and selected filmography makes this book an important contribution to film studies, popular culture, and American humor.

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Praeger

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0313261830

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9780313261831

Texas Compound

By: Wes Brent

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Texas Compound

By: Wes Brent

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Discovering Wes Moore: My Story

By: Wes Moore

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Discovering Wes Moore: My Story

By: Wes Moore

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Perfection Learning

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1680650130

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Texas Compound

Texas Compound

THE FARM "Terror, Truth and Consequence"

THE FARM "Terror, Truth and Consequence"

Invasion

Invasion

Empire Baptized

Empire Baptized

Multidimensional Item Response Theory

Multidimensional Item Response Theory

Marielo: A Foreign Service Life in Diary and Letters

Marielo: A Foreign Service Life in Diary and Letters

The Right Time

The Right Time

Killed by a Traffic Engineer

Killed by a Traffic Engineer

"Come Out My People!"

"Come Out My People!"

Populism and the Capra Legacy

Populism and the Capra Legacy

Texas Compound

Texas Compound

Discovering Wes Moore: My Story

Discovering Wes Moore: My Story

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